Ceredigion (UK Parliament constituency)

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Ceredigion (UK Parliament constituency) is a Welsh parliamentary seat represented in the UK House of Commons, covering the largely rural and coastal county of Ceredigion in west Wales.

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Predicate Object
instanceOf UK Parliament constituency
boundaryReviewBody Boundary Commission for Wales
containsTown Aberaeron
Aberystwyth
Cardigan
Lampeter
containsUniversity Aberystwyth University
containsUniversityCampus University of Wales Trinity Saint David, Lampeter campus
country United Kingdom
county Ceredigion
created 1997
electoralSystem first-past-the-post
electorateIncludes Welsh-speaking rural communities
elects one Member of Parliament
hasCharacteristic high proportion of Welsh speakers
significant student population in Aberystwyth
hasCoastlineOn Cardigan Bay
hasOfficialLanguage English
Welsh
isCoastal true
isCoextensiveWith Ceredigion (principal area)
linked to: Ceredigion
isMostly rural
isRural true
locatedIn Ceredigion
Wales
parliament Parliament of the United Kingdom
linked to: British Parliament
partOf House of Commons of the United Kingdom
predecessor Ceredigion and Pembroke North (UK Parliament constituency)
previousName Cardiganshire (UK Parliament constituency)
linked to: Cardiganshire
region Wales
representedIn House of Commons
type county constituency

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Ceredigion hasParliamentaryConstituency Ceredigion (UK Parliament constituency)
Ceredigion (Senedd constituency) mapsTo Ceredigion Westminster constituency (approximately)
linked to: Ceredigion (UK Parliament constituency)
Tregaron partOf Ceredigion constituency
linked to: Ceredigion (UK Parliament constituency)
Dwyfor Meirionnydd (UK Parliament constituency) borderingConstituency Ceredigion (UK Parliament constituency)